LittleBigPlanet approaching Alpha, last stop before Beta

March 20th, 2008 | Category: Gaming News

It seems so distant ago now. We can still remember the feeling of gasping for air; like a heavy weight (one made of equal parts whimsy and cardboard) was planted directly on our collective ribcage. The adorable object of our user-generated desires, LittleBigPlanet was being delayed from early ‘08 to the much further away and unfathomable “September” …

… and though news that the game is being pushed “toward the Alpha stage” isn’t far removed from an update confirming the game is being pushed towards being released someday, we’re pleased as punch to read the update on Media Molecule’s

blog nonetheless. Why? considering everyone knows that the Alpha stage comes just before the Beta stage and, whether you’ll recall, Sony has said the demo for LittleBigPlanet will take the anatomy of a “public beta.” That means public beta playtime sometime within right now and that September (which is 164 days away, in case you weren’t counting). Not much of an update, we know …

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